Green beans come in two major varieties, bush beans and pole beans. Bush beans just like the name grow into small bushes about 2 feet tall and wide. Pole beans are a vine plant and need some support to climb. They will end up between 8 and 20 feet long depending on the variety and …
For the perfectionist in the garden or kitchen there is an optimal time for when to harvest green beans. A green bean picked too late can have a soggy, less tasteful bean pod with more chance of stringiness. Picked right on time a green beans can have a fresh crispiness and sweeter flavor. Green beans …
The earliest green beans should be planted is when all threat of frost is over and the soil temperature averages 60 degrees or more. The latest green beans should be planted is when the variety being grown has enough time to reach maturity before the first expected frost. Green beans are sensitive to cold and …
You can eat green beans raw, but weighing the pros and cons it’s probably better to cook them. If you enjoy eating raw green beans you are safe to keep doing so. If you’ve never eaten raw green beans and want to then go for it. You may experience indigestion or in very rare cases …
It depends on who you ask. A green bean is a vegetable on the dinner plate, but scientifically it is a fruit, and some smarty pants might call them a legume. So let’s break down how green beans are categorized in every way, as a vegetable, fruit, or other. Green Beans a Vegetable? In culinary …
Green beans have two major different types defined by their growth habits, bush beans and pole beans. There are many varieties of green beans with different colors and shapes in both categories. The thing that distinguishes green beans from other beans is that green beans are harvested and eaten with their enclosing pod. Green beans …
Popcorn is one of six different types of corn. Popcorn seeds are the kernels on the cob of a popcorn variety corn plant. The different types of corn have different kernel structures. Popcorn has a hard starch all the way along the outside and a soft starch center with some moisture content. When heated the …
The best fertilizer for corn depends on what stage the corn plant is in. Corn is a heavy feeder and requires a balanced mix of nutrients provided throughout its life cycle for best growth results. Giving corn a balanced fertilizer to start, followed by a nitrogen heavy fertilizer when it reaches knee high during its …
Picking corn is done in two ways, dry harvesting and milk stage harvesting. Milk stage harvesting is done with sweet corn and the window for picking the corn is important. Dry harvesting is done with any other variety of corn like popcorn, decorative indian corn, field corn, or a flour corn. For dry harvesting wait …
A major factor to how many ears of corn a stalk will produce per plant is the spacing between plants. Field corn will typically have very tight spacing and only one ear per plant whereas if you plant corn in your garden with plenty of space it may produce 2-4 ears per stalk. Tighter spacing …
